I certainly agree that the title 'Martian Chronicles' would
make 99.99% of the people who know of it at all think of
Bradbury's book. However, the fact is that the Burroughs'
saga has been published under that name, as I said. I
certainly would make it up if it wasn't true and I sure ain't
gonna argue about it. Not counting up to this point ;)
--- Ivan Van Laningham <
ivanlan9@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi All--
> Patrick's right. Burroughs' Martian Stories (the way
they're usually
> referred to) have _never_ been called _The Martian
Chronicles_. Mars
> Stories, Martian Stories, Mars Series, Martian
Series, but never
> Chronicles. Bradbury came much later than Burroughs,
and SF&F fans
> found the differences between Bradbury and Burroughs
easy to spot.
>
> Trademarks are reserved for things like "Star
Trek™", not for
> individual titles. Titles cannot be copyrighted, so
there is no law
> against someone writing a book called _The Maltese
Falcon_, for
> example. But you ordinarily wouldn't want to do
that, mostly for
> marketing reasons. It does happen that two books
arrive on the market
> at the same time, from two different publishers, but
with the same
> name; if they're both mysteries, for example, there
is bound to be
> confusion, but otherwise it's not a big
deal.
>
> Metta,
> Ivan
>
> On Nov 26, 2007 3:17 PM, Patrick King <
abrasax93@yahoo.com> wrote:
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > I, too, have read them all. I have the
Balentine
> > editions from the 1960s. I've never seen them
packaged
> > as "The Martian Chronicles." That is the name
of a
> > very famous Bradbury collection of stories so
I'd
> > expect Bradbury to have some trademark on the
title
> > unless Burroughs used it first, in which
case
> > Burroughs would have had a trademark. I know
titles
> > are pretty slippery.
> >
> > Patrick King
> >
> > --- sonny <
sforstater@yahoo.com> wrote:
> >
> > > Yes, the Edgar Burroughs mars books at
some point
> > > have been labeled and
> > > sold as 'The Martian Chronicles' with a
volume
> > > number, as well as the
> > > original title.
> > >
> > > --- Jack Bludis <
buildsnburns@yahoo.com> wrote:
> > >
> > > > Boys, boys, play nice.
> > > >
> > > > I notice that when Brian said,
Martian Chronicles,
> > > it
> > > > wasn't all caps. He may have referred
to Burroughs
> > > saga of
> > > > Mars, which I think was several
volumes or at
> > > least several
> > > > stories.
> > > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
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